Young Germany

The Young Germany movement was a group of German intellectuals that existed from the 1830s to the 1850s. The group argued for democracy, socialism, and rationalism, opposing autocracy and the oppression of minority groups; Young Germany supported the separation of church and state, giving more rights to women, and ending the persecution of Jews in the German states. The Young Germany movement would form the basis for the democratic movements formed during the German Empire era, including the Social Democratic Party of Germany and the Communist League.